Neonatal buccomaxillofacial tumors

[摘要] A descriptive, lineal and retrospective study of 11 newborn infants aged 0-30 days was conducted. They presented a tumor in the buccomaxillofacial region that compromised their ventilation and/or nutrition, which made necessary to immediately perform surgery to preserve their lives. The following variables were analyzed: age, sex, colour of the skin, diagnosis, the most common tumours, compromise for ventilation and/or nutrition, procedures and mortality. Data were collected in a form that allowed to establish results and to make tables. It was concluded that this type of tumor affected mostly females and white children. The most commonly observed tumors were vascular lymphatic malformations (giant lymphangiomas or cystic hygromas), as well as buccopharyngeal teratomas, with a mortality around 27.3 % at these neonatal ages.

[学科分类] 基础医学

[关键词] Buccomaxillofacial tumors;head and neck tumors;tumors of the neonate;congenital buccofacial tumors